Build Wave Financial-Connected Web Apps in Servoy

Servoy is a rapid application development and deployment platform. When paired with the CData JDBC Driver for Wave Financial, users can build Wave Financial-connected apps that work with live Wave Financial data. This article describes how to connect to Wave Financial from Servoy and build a simple web app to display and search Wave Financial data.

With built-in optimized data processing, the CData JDBC Driver offers unmatched performance for interacting with live Wave Financial data. When you issue complex SQL queries to Wave Financial, the driver pushes supported SQL operations, like filters and aggregations, directly to Wave Financial and utilizes the embedded SQL engine to process unsupported operations client-side (often SQL functions and JOIN operations). Its built-in dynamic metadata querying lets you work with Wave Financial data using native data types.

Connect to Wave Financial in Servoy Developer

To build Wave Financial-connected apps, you need to first create a data provider in Servoy Developer using the CData JDBC Driver for Wave Financial.

1. Install the JDBC Driver.
2. Copy the JDBC Driver JAR file. (cdata.jdbc.wavefinancial.jar) to the /application_server/drivers/ directory in the installation directory for Servoy.
3. Open Servoy Developer.
4. In the Solution Explorer, right-click Database Server (under Resources) and choose "Connect to existing database" -> "empty."
   1. Name the server.
   2. Click to show the advanced server settings.

      • Set the URL, for example: jdbc:wavefinancial:InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH

        Built-In Connection String Designer

        For assistance in constructing the JDBC URL, use the connection string designer built into the Wave Financial JDBC Driver. Either double-click the JAR file or execute the jar file from the command-line.

        java -jar cdata.jdbc.wavefinancial.jar

        Fill in the connection properties and copy the connection string to the clipboard.

        Connect using the API Token

        You can connect to Wave Financial by specifying the APIToken You can obtain an API Token using the following steps:

        1. Log in to your Wave account and navigate to "Manage Applications" in the left pane.
        2. Select the application that you would like to create a token for. You may need to create an application first.
        3. Click the "Create token" button to generate an APIToken.

        Connect using OAuth

        If you wish, you can connect using the embedded OAuth credentials. See the Help documentation for more information.

      • Select the Driver class you just copied, for example, cdata.jdbc.wavefinancial.WaveFinancialDriver

Build a Wave Financial-Connected Web App

Once you have configured the connection to Wave Financial in the Servoy Developer resources, you are ready to build apps with access to live Wave Financial data.

Create a New Solution

1. In the Server Explorer, right-click "All solutions" and select "Create new solution."
2. Name the solution.
3. Select the checkbox to include the "search" module.
4. Click "Finish."

Create a New Form

Right-click "Forms" and select "Create new form."

1. Name the form.
2. Select a Datasource.
3. Set the type (e.g., Simple) and click "Finish."

Add a Data Grid to the Form

1. Drag a Data Grid component (from Servoy NG-Grids) onto the form.

2. Drag a column component onto the Data Grid and set the "dataprovider" property for each column component to a column from the Wave Financial "table" (e.g., Id from the Invoices table).

   Continue adding columns as desired.

Add Searching to the App

Note that the "svySearch" extension is required to add search functionality (included by default when you create a new solution). If you did not add the extension when you created the solution or you are modifying an existing solution, you can add the search module by right-clicking Modules (in the solution) and selecting "Add Module." Select "svySearch" and click "OK."

1. Drag a Text Field component onto the Form.
2. Right-click the Form and select "Open in Script Editor."
3. Create a new variable (JavaScript) to hold the search value:

   var searchText = '';
   

4. Back on the Form, in the Text Field properties:
   1. Set the "dataprovider" property to the Form variable you just created.
   2. Double-click to add a method for the onAction event.
   3. Click to create the method in "Form," name the method (e.g., onEnter), and click "Create private."
   4. Click "OK & Show."
5. Add the following JavaScript to the JavaScript file to use the Servoy framework to implement searching bound data based on the text in the Text Field:

   var search = scopes.svySearch.createSimpleSearch(foundset).setSearchText(searchText);
   search.setSearchAllColumns();
   search.loadRecords(foundset);
   

Save and Launch the App

Save the form and JavaScript file, then click Run -> Launch NGClient to start the web app.

Download a free, 30-day trial of the CData JDBC Driver for Wave Financial and start building Wave Financial-connected apps with Servoy. Reach out to our Support Team if you have any questions.